In community card poker, refers to holding one of the opponent's outs, typically when the board threatens a straight or straight draw. The board was A23 but with my pair of fives I held two blockers to the straight. Compare to "dry ace".
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| Checking Hole Cards After a Flop | If the flop shows the possibility of giving someone a flush or straight draw, watch for people re-checking their hole cards. They’re checking to see if they have a piece of it – whether that black Ace was a spade or a club. The player doesn’t have the flush or straight at that point, because if they did, they wouldn’t have to check, but she is seeing if she has a draw to it. | N |
| split two pair | In community card poker, a two pair hand, with each pair made of one of your hole cards, and one community card. | U |
| Glancing at Chips After Looking at Hole Cards | When a player looks down and sees strong hole or pocket cards, she may glance over at her chips to see just how much she can bet. | S |
| catch up | To successfully complete a draw, thus defeating a player who previously had a better hand. I was sure I had Alice beat, but she caught up when that spade fell. | U |
| duplicate | To counterfeit, especially when the counterfeiting card matches one already present in the one's hand. | U |
| semi-bluff | When a player bluffs on one round of betting with an inferior or drawing hand that might improve in a later round. See semi-bluff. | U |
| post | To make the required small or big blind bet in Texas hold 'em or other games played with blinds rather than antes | U |
| final table | The last table in a multi-table poker tournament. The final table is set when a sufficient amount of people have been eliminated from the tournament leaving an exact amount of players to occupy one table (typically no more than ten players). | U |
| rag | A low-valued (and presumably worthless) card. I don't like playing ace-rag from that position. Also "ragged": The flop was pretty ragged, so I figured my kings were good. | U |
| suited | Having the same suit. See card suits. | U |